MUSICAL eVeNTS Cheerful Enterprzse J OSEPH SZIGETI and Harry Kauf- and Mr. Dukelsky will continue their man introduced Serge Prokofieff's digging. sonata in D-major, a new composi- tion for violin and piano, at Carnegie Hall last week, raising a long and merry din of enthusiasm among the listeners for both the performance and the per- formers. The sonata is tuneful and rhythmically attractive, and has its humorous quirks here and there. If the composer were to rewrite the piano part for orchestra, he would prob- !J I ,gf, ably finp. he had a very popu- .( lar violin concerto on his I, hands. In any case, the offer- \.. , ing will do well, and it can "- "f dt go into the book as a Proko- fieff success, along with the composer's "Classical Symphony," "Pe_ ter and the Wolf," and the reg_ of his WInners. Mr. Szigeti, one of the most en ter- prising as well as one of the most accom- plished of violinists, also came up with another candidate for wide circulation -Ernst Bacon's "Buncombe County (N. C.)," a charming thing in the folk- song manner. It was received with con- siderable approval. Still another nov- elty that drew plenty of attention was Henry Cowell's "How Old Is Song?," a pleasant melody whose accompani- ment is strummed and plu ked right on the piano strings. The composer took over from Mr. Kaufman for this item, and succeeded in making the piano sound like a large and amiable zither. It was an interesting trick, but I wouldn't ad vise you to try it on your own piano, unless, of course, you happen to have a competent repairman and tuner idling s.omewhere about the premIses. T HERE were other enterprising people at work last week, among them Rose Dirman and Vladimir Du- kelsky, who gave two concerts of "Unfamiliar Music, Old and New" in the N ew York Times Hall. Miss Dirman, an accomplished and musi- cianly soprano, and Mr. Dukelsky, a skillful and versatile pianist and com- poser (as you no doubt know, he is... Vernon Duke when he writes music for Broadway or Hollywood), dug up a raft of songs that haven't had much circulation and gave them smooth and understanding treatments. These re- citals of unfamiliars were delightful affairs, and I hope that Miss Dirman ,'I \1, B LANCHE THEBOM, who had been heard hereabouts in recitals, lTIOV- ies, and radio, made her Metropoli- tan début last week as Fricka in "Die Walküre" and proved to be an impor- tant addition to Edward John- son's company. The rôle of Fricka is not long and it offers only a few minutes of straight singing. Dramatically, it's no cinch, however, -because Fricka's function in this music drama is to reproach her husband, W 0- tan, for his misdeeds 'an d re- mind him of the code of con- duct ,for primitive gods. Miss Thebom, who has a notable voice, sang well, made the dramatic points convinc- ingly, and maintained the majesty of the music, which is' much more impressive than the words. Moreover, she made Wotan an unusually attractive wife. The season's first "Lucia di Lam- mermoor" was memorable mostly be- cause of its curious placidity. Much of it was underacted and undersung, and _ this is one opera that needs punch in the grand manner to be effective. Patrice Munsel, who has definite vocal and dra- matic gifts, was rather -heavily burdened by the title rôle, a difficult assignmen t at this early stage in her career. For all that, she drew a fine ovation from the audience. -ROBERT A. SIMON . CLEAR STATEMENT OF THE WAY THINGS ARE IN SOUTI-IERN NEW JERSEY [Letter to the editor of the Camden Courier] To the Editor: Some farmers plough with horses. Some farmers who own horses aren't very kind to them. 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